The Old Dillard Settlement
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Doretha Dillard ShipmanSeptember 2002
The Mt. Echo Newspaper runs a column each week by Doretha Dillard Shipman called The Old Dillard Settlement. This column contains snippets of wonderful stories and memories. I have never met Mrs. Shipman but I look forward to her column and it's normally the first thing I read when I receive the Echo. Mrs. Shipman has been kind enough to allow me to share with you some of her stories and memories. (If you don't already subscribe to the Mt. Echo you should!)
Sept 5, 2002
: Once upon a time, I was told by one of my uncles, Wilburn Hiser, who worked with the Dillards and Davenports in timber, etc., that one of the Dillards told him, "Mom and Dad used to keep their milk and butter in the Roaring Spring River." It made me wonder when and where, but since Grandpa "Doc" and Nancy Smith Dillard were married in Berry County, it must have been their son, Arthur, giving him the information. Leon, my husband, took me to Berry County's seat, Cassville's Courthouse to get a copy of their marriage license. That was in 1988 on my birthday making it one of the nicest gifts I ever received. Grandpa and Grandma had been married 100 years when I obtained it. So, you see, my mind wanders when I am in that part of the country.
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